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In reply to the discussion: Why American Kids Are Brats [View all]expatriate2mex
(148 posts)15. LMAO.nt
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In my experience it is because the French are more accepting of extramarital sex...
rfranklin
Feb 2012
#10
I once was so fed up with my fifth graders not saying please and thank you that I
roguevalley
Feb 2012
#16
yeah, by HS, it wasn't formal you'd raise your hand and say you need to use the can and it was ok...
dionysus
Feb 2012
#35
Sometimes some teachers or entire school districts seem to care more about control
Matariki
Feb 2012
#93
No, if you read the article, you'll see that it's all French people, even the daycare providers.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#49
one wonders what the elders said about Hesiod's generation when they were young
fishwax
Feb 2012
#25
Is that an excuse for bad manners? Because some people had bad manners when they were young?
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#63
No, it's not an excuse. Beyond that, I'm not really sure of the point of your response to me...
JHB
Feb 2012
#71
"Why American Kids Are Brats" because we keep telling them they are so we are going to
seabeyond
Feb 2012
#9
Pfft...you should hear kids from Argentina. They are fucking loud and annoying. American kids have
Evoman
Feb 2012
#22
I was trying to quietly read Diderot in the adult incontinence aisle at Wal-Mart
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#38
It's because we are old, cranky, and weren't spoiled, annoying brats in OUR youths.
Darth_Kitten
Feb 2012
#57
You'd want kids off your lawn too, if your vision was failing, your back was sore, and your ass hurt
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#86
Maybe American Kids are brats 'cuz last year they got their stuffed animals thrown in the fireplace
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#116
I didn't need anyone to tell me American kids are rude. I witness it frequently.
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#50
I don't know about French children but I grew up in a house were manners were taught in the cradle.
nanabugg
Feb 2012
#32
Yeah, it's funny to denigrate someone's heritage. "Hey, he's an a-hole...he must be Italian!"
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#109
I know. People should be able to discuss Why American Kids Are Brats
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#113
Oh, I'm sorry that I responded to the goofy generalization-laden premise with a generalization.
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#85
Yeah, it's funny to denigrate someone's heritage. "Hey, that's as bad as being Italian or black!"
Honeycombe8
Feb 2012
#108
It's true that a lot of Japanese parents treat their sons like crown princes
Lydia Leftcoast
Feb 2012
#105
I've been trying to think of a reply to this thread without the "get off my lawn" feel to it.
Arkansas Granny
Feb 2012
#53
Yes, a close community or neighborhood can be almost as good as family.
Arkansas Granny
Feb 2012
#65
I' m French. I listened to this person being interviewed, and my feeling was: what a load of BS.
Mass
Feb 2012
#69
I am the Mom of a 6 and 7 year old and I substitute teach in schools all week.
Jennicut
Feb 2012
#73
One of the good things religion did was teach kids to sit still and be quiet for an hour at a time
FarCenter
Feb 2012
#78
Most American children ARE rude. But then, so are their parents. And children from the north tend
appleannie1
Feb 2012
#87
My mother once talked to the director of a Norwegian's children's choir that performed in
Lydia Leftcoast
Feb 2012
#102
Argue what way? You mean, with stupid generalizations like "American Kids Are Brats"?
Warren DeMontague
Feb 2012
#114